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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on September 17, 2011, 05:06:04 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1957635
Oh my.
spanone (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 04:20 PM
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ABC News: Protesters Begin Effort to ‘Occupy Wall Street’
after which a news photograph of seven protesters; I counted them
ABC News’ Candace Smith reports:
Protesters are gathering on Wall Street today in a movement they call “Occupy Wall Street.â€
As of noon, hundreds of protesters gathered at Bowling Green Park in Manhattan, home of the iconic charging bull in New York’s Financial District as they prepare to “take the bull by the horns,†as said on a flyer advertising the event.
“The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%,†said a statement on the website Occupy Wall Street.
According to statements on the website, the movement, an offshoot of online magazine AdBusters, is angered by what it calls the principle of “profit over and above all else,†which it says has dominated not only America’s economic policies, but also the way in which Americans view culture and humanity.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/09/protester...
starroute (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 04:34 PM
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3. Don't you just love the subtle way they lie with numbers?
This isn't the first time the news media have shown up two hours before a protest is scheduled to start and reported on how "hundreds" had gathered for it.
TheWraith (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 04:53 PM
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13. Uh, they said "as of noon." The protest was scheduled to start at 6 AM.
spanone (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 05:58 PM
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17. nothing on the news...?
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It's a Fitzmas-level dud, DU bitches. Deal with your utter failure. Own it. Embrace it. Lick it.
:hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 06:14 PM
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18. How badly does media NOT want to cover this?
Just switched over to CNN, they're re-playing the teaparty debate.
Media suckage daily reaches new lows.
News media doesn't report on non-news, unless they can fabricate it themselves.
In other words, DUmmies, your little "protest", failed ...miserably.
:facepalm2:
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Good luck with that. I'm pretty sure most exchanges operate now in such a way that if the physical locations of the buildings shut down, they can continue operations remotely. In fact, most corporations plan for such a thing in this day and age, but y'all have fun creating jobs for the street sweepers and janitorial staff of NY city. I'm sure they will appreciate the OT provided by what usually are the dirty scumbag protestors who leave their crap, sometimes quite literally, behind.
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They should have hired
illegal aliens undocumented protesters. That's what they're here for, to do the protesting Americans won't do.
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Um... The markets are not open on Sat.
They are protesting empty buildings?
:rotf:
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Um... The markets are not open on Sat.
They are protesting empty buildings?
:rotf:
But it's the Day of Rage! RAAAAAAAGE!!!
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http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/?source=cnn_bin
Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street'
A marching band played as participants held impromptu yoga and tai chi classes in Bowling Green Park. Demonstrators moved their protest to another nearby park as their numbers swelled to around 500.
Yoga and Tai Chi! Ragey.
'We'll beat them into submission with calmness and light breathing!'
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But it's the Day of Rage! RAAAAAAAGE!!!
I don't know about that. It's pretty anemic.
Maybe it's the Day of Irritation.
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http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/17/technology/occupy_wall_street/?source=cnn_bin
Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street'
Yoga and Tai Chi! Ragey.
'We'll beat them into submission with calmness and light breathing!'
I doubt the protesters in Egypt resorted to yoga classes to fore the govt into submission.
this is sooooo NOT the arab spring.
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I doubt the protesters in Egypt resorted to yoga classes to fore the govt into submission.
this is sooooo NOT the arab spring.
No, in Egypt the protesters started with a barbeque er, self-emulsion. Here we get trust-fundies. And where are are the hawt protesting chicks. I haven't seen a one. In their short micro-mini skirts, cropped t-shirts and little red berets. Pumping their well manicured fists in the air.
I'd go to the protests if they could recruits some hawt chicks.
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I don't know about that. It's pretty anemic.
Maybe it's the Day of Irritation.
Don't forget, they're having a sleep-over after.
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EPIC FAIL
:nelson:
:rofl: :rotf: :noranger: Bwa Ha Ha! They threw a revolution and nobody came!
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-blocked-bid-occupy-wall-street-220039609.html
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in Egypt the protesters started with a barbeque er, self-emulsion.
This is how nadinisms creep into everyday language.